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Document ID (ISN)78111
CIS number 02-231
ISSN - Serial title 0815-6409 - Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand
Year 2001
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Mitchell D.
Title The challenges for mining health and safety regulators in the 21st century
Bibliographic information Feb. 2001, Vol.17, No.1, p.23-30.
Abstract Review of current trends in the regulation of health and safety in mining around the world. Trying to predict what changes the future might bring in the longer term is contrasted with the higher degree of certainty obtained from extrapolating current trends 5 to 10 years into the future.
Descriptors (primary) public OSH institutions; plant safety and health organization; mining industry
Descriptors (secondary) role of government; legislation; social aspects; enforcement; inspection
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUnited Kingdom
Subject(s) Mines and quarries
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying